Đề kiểm tra tiếng anh lớp 12, đề số 34

PRACTICE TEST 34
I. Make the correct choice:
1. Don’t be so _____. We’ve only been waiting a few minutes.
a. impatient b. patient c. patience d. patiently
2. We should learn all the new words by heart in order to ______ our vocabulary.
a. enable b. enrich c. encourage d. endanger
3. _____ of the encouragement of her teachers, she decided to study law.
a. Because b. In spite c. Instead d. In view
4. The girl was not very pretty ; _____ she sang beautifully.
a. so b. but c. because d. although
5. The rotation of crops on the same land can _____ soil exhaustion.
a. preserve b. produce c. prepare d. prevent
6. Our farms produce rice, crops, and dairy ____.
a. products b. production c. productivity d. productively
7. We must make provision for our old age ____ saving money.
a. of b. for c. with d. by
8. The industrial development will lead _____ the country’s prosperity.
a. for b. to c. on d. along
9. Some large cities have had measures to minimize air pollution.
a. contamination b. preservation c. prevention d. erosion
10. The _____ of the swamps will destroy the mosquitoes’ breeding places.
a. drainage b. breakage c. shortage d. storage
11. They arrived _____ the United States last year.
a. at b. for c. on d. in
12. If I could speak Spanish, I ______ a year studying in Mexico.
a. would spend b. would have spent c. had spent d. will spend
13. When ______ a dictionary, you understand the symbols and the abbreviations it
contains.
a. having used b. to use c. use d. using
14. I will return your notes as soon as ______ copying them.
a. I will finish b. I finish c. I finished d. I had finished

15. “Could you help me for a while?” – “Sure. Tell me what ______ me to do.”
a. you want b. do you want c. want d. you wanting
16. Who is responsible ______ the garbage – the husband or the wife ?
a. to take out b. for taking out c. to taking out d. with taking out
17. I think ______ at the train station will surprise Aunt Kate.
a. your being b. you being c. you are d. you’re being
18.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a.thought b.fought c.shoulder d.bought
19.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a.attend b.device c.ending d.recommend
20.Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a.riot b.kind c.nice d.military
21. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a.factory b.situation c.disappointment d.introduce
22. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a.transform b.office c.failure d.holiday

II.Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
23. She left her home to Paris to pursue her interest in science.
A B C D
24. Lived in poverty, she still managed to graduate at the top of her class.
A B C D
25. She met him shortly after graduation and married to him a year later.
A B C D
26. The sky was so clearly that I could see millions of stars.
A B C D
27. “You are better not lend him any more money, Paul!” said Tom.
A B C D
28. I can say for sure that you have made many progress in learning English.
A B C D

29. Being reasonable! You can’t expect a child to do all that work.
A B C D
30. She has taught in this school in 1985. She is an experienced teacher.
A B C D
III. Read the passage and make the correct choice:
The Americans (31) _____ to be informal while they’re receiving (32) _____ or
coming for a social engagement. On the whole, women don’t usually shake hands as
they are introduced to (33) _____; but men do. When a man and a woman are
introduced, shaking hands is up to the woman. And punctuality, (34) _____ means
arriving on time, is probably one of the most necessary and graceful manners in public
relations. Most people (35) _____ it discourteous and inconvenient to arrive at an
important appointment later (36) _____ the time agreed upon.
31.a. avoid b. tend c. practise d. enjoy
32.a. company b. guest c. friend d. partner
33.a. together b. each another c. each other d. one other
34.a. that b. it c. when d. which
35.a. find b. see c. get d. have
36.a. than b. as soon as c. when d. at
IV. Read the passage and choose the best answer:
A taxi driver was driving along a street when he suddenly blacked out and lost
control of his vehicle. The taxi plunged into a nearby river. A hawker, who had seen the
accident, rushed from his coffee stall and dived into the water. He had to swim twenty
five metres before he could get to the taxi. The taxi driver was trying to wind down the
window. The hawker reached into the taxi for the safety-belt. After he had released the
safety-belt, he pulled the driver out through the partially open window. At the hospital,
the driver said that the blackout might be caused by his high blood pressure condition.
37. The taxi plunged into a nearby river because ______.
a. the taxi broke down b. the driver couldn’t control his taxi
c. the driver was driving along the street d. the driver suddenly got out
38. Who dived into the river to rescue the driver?

a. The one who witnessed the accident b. The one who caused the accident
c. The one who saw a hawker d. The one who hit the taxi
39. His blackout was due to _____.
a. his careless driving b. his safety-belt
c. his high blood pressure condition d. his loss of control
40. Which of the following is NOT TRUE?
a. the driver suddenly lost consciousness b. somebody dived into the water to
rescue
him
c. the driver was taken to hospital d. he didn’t wear a safety-belt
V. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the above one :
41. I regret speaking to him so severely yesterday.
a. I wish to speak to him so severely yesterday.
b. I wish I hadn’t spoken to him so severely yesterday.
c. I wish I had spoken to him so severely yesterday.
d. I wish I didn’t speak to him so severely yesterday.
42. Unless he phones immediately, he won’t get any information.
a. If he didn’t phone immediately, he wouldn’t get any information.
b. If he does phone immediately, he won’t get any information.
c. If he doesn’t phone immediately, he will get some information.
d. If he doesn’t phone immediately, he won’t get any information.
43. We didn’t have enough rain, so we could not grow rice.
a. If we had enough rain, we could grow rice.
b. If we had had enough rain, we could have grown rice.
c. If we hadn’t had enough rain, we couldn’t have grown rice.
d. If we didn’t have enough rain, we could not grow rice.
44. It was such long homework that I couldn’t finish it.
a. The homework was so long that I could finish it.
b. The homework was so long that I couldn’t finish .
c. The homework was too long that I couldn’t finish it.

d. The homework was too long for me to finish .
45. It’s a long time since I last went to a football match.
a. I haven’t gone to a football match for a long time.
b. I haven’t gone to a football match since a long time.
c. I haven’t gone to a football match for it’s a long time.
d. I haven’t gone to a football match a long time ago.
46. The last time I saw Dick was in 1995.
a. I haven’t seen Dick in 1995.
b. I haven’t seen Dick since 1995.
c. I last saw Dick since 1995.
d. I haven’t seen Dick for the last time in 1995.
47. We had lunch and then went for a walk by the river.
a. After we had lunch , we had gone for a walk by the river.
b. After we had gone for a walk by the river,we had lunch.
c. After we had had lunch , we went for a walk by the river.
d. After we having lunch , we went for a walk by the river.
48. He said to his wife,”Are you cooking in the kitchen now?”
a. He asked his wife if she was cooking in the kitchen now.
b. He told his wife that she was cooking in the kitchen then.
c. He asked his wife that she was cooking in the kitchen then.
d. He asked his wife if she was cooking in the kitchen then.
49. This flower is very beautiful.
a. What is a beautiful flower!
b. What beautiful this flower is!
c. How beautiful flower!
d. How beautiful this flower is!
50. He spent 2 hours doing the mathematical exercises.
a. It took him 2 hours doing the mathematical exercises.
b. It took 2 hours him to do the mathematical exercises.
c. It took him 2 hours to do the mathematical exercises.

d. It took him for 2 hours to do the mathematical exercises.